Head-screen.



W. A. HANDLE.

HEAD SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1914.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO..PHO1:O LITHO.. WASHINGTON, D c

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WILLIAM A. HANDLE, OF WEATHERFOBD, GKLAHOMA.

HEAD-SCREEN,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.12, ieis.

Application filed March 30, 1914. Serial No. 828,354.

new and useful Improvements in Head Screens; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in head screens and resides in the provision of a simple and novelly constructed screen which is designed to be worn or placed over the head of persons sleeping or otherwise reposing and will prevent insects having access to the head, face and neck, enable free breathingof the wearer, and also act to prevent breathing of dust or other germ laden air.

An important object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described, which comprises a concavo-convex body portion of foraminous material that is so constructed as to fit snugly about the head and neck of the wearer and provided with a fabric apron stitched about the periphery of the body portion and designed to lie closely in engagement with the bed clothing or device upon which the wearer is reposing, said apron being so constructed as to con form to the shape of the wearer with relation to the chest and shoulders and lie in such a way as to prevent insects gaining access to the covered parts of the body of the wearer.

Another important object of my invention is to provide novel means for securely clamping the fabric apron in engagement with the body portion of the screen which will enable the ready removal of aprons that may have become soiled and the replacing of clean ones.

Another important object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described which is simple as to construction, reliable and eflicient in operation, light, strong and durable, and cheap to manufacture;

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out as claimed.

With reference to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views of which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bed showing my improved screen in operative position upon the wearer and 7 bed, Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of my improved screen showing portions of the apron broken away, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken through my improved screen with the apron removed and showing the cut out portion to enable the device to be snugly fitted about the neck of the wearer, Fig. 1 is a detail sectional View showing the manner of attaching the foraminous body portion along its periphery to a marginal band or ring to provide a smooth edge for the body portion, Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the means for clamping the fabric apron to the body portion of the screen, that portion of the apron which is to be clamped in position and the sectional center portion of the apron to be secured about the edge of the cut out portion removed.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference the numeral 1 designates the body portion of my improved screen which is formed of some suitable foraminous material preferably wire straws and is approximately concave-convex as to the shape thereof. The foraminous body portion 1 is designed to be placed over the head of the wearer in engagement with the bed or other device upon which the wearer is reposing and acts as would a hood.

In order to provide for the proper fitting of the body portion over the head of the wearer, I provide an approximately circular cut out or recess 2 on one side of the body portion, said out out or recess 2 enabling the body portion to conform in a measure to the shape of the wearer about the neck or upper chest thereof as clearly shown in Fig. l in the drawings.

I provide a marginal band or ring 3 for the periphery of the body portion with the exception of the edge of the cut out or recess 2 that is bent back upon itself at its otuer edge to form a bead 4 and bent in the opposite direction upon its inner edge as at 5 so as to clamp the periphery of the foraminous body portion 1, said body portion having its periphery bent into an approximate U-shape in cross section so as to be clamped by the bent over portion 5 of the marginal band 3 as clearly shown in Fig.

cess 2, I secure a semi-circular strip 6 preferably of metal about the edge of the cut out or recess 2 as clearly shown in Fig. 3 in the drawings. This strip 6 is bent longitudinally to .lie upon opposite sides of the body portion 1 and notched upon its inner bent over portion to provide a plurality of securing tongues 7 which are designed to clamp the body portion 1 as clearly shown in Fig. 3 in the drawings.

The apron employed in connection with the body portion comprises a center section 8 that is stitched along its side edges as at 9 to the ends of a ring like portion 10. The inner edge of the center portion 8 of the apronis stitched or otherwise suitably secured to "the body portion 1 along the edge of the semi-circular cut out or recess 2. The inner edge of the ring like portion 10 of the apron is clamped upon the marginal band 3.

To provide for the clamping of the portion 10 of the apron to the band3, I employ a spring metal strip 11 that is bent to conform to the shape of the body portion 1 or v to be moreexact to the band 3 and provided with inwardly turned terminals 12 forming hooks to clamp the opposite side edges of the out out or recess 2. The bent edge of the band 3 which forms the bead f is spaced slightly from the body portion of the band 3 and the inner edge of thecportion 10 of the apron is forced into the space between the inner face of the bent edge and body portion of the band 3 as at 13 in Fig. 5 by the strip 11 which isplaced around the band 3 and clamped by means of the bent terminals 12 in such a way that the portion 10 'is securely clamped in engagement with the band 8 but is removable therefrom. The hooks formed by the bent portions 12 of the strip 11 serve to securely hold the apron upon the body portion. 1 and clamp portions of the center portion 8 of the apron.

The securing of the inner edge of the center portion of the apron about the semicircular recess 2 in the body portion 1 provides for the shaping of the center portion so that it will readily conform to the Copies of this patent may be obtained for body of the wearer at the point with which it comes in contact.

It will be readily seen with reference to the foregoing description and accompanying drawings, that I have provided a simple andinexpensive screen serving as a hood to protect persons when sleeping from insects and prevent the inhalation of dust or germ laden air.

In practice, I have found that the form of my invention, illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most efiicient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to em- I phasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangementof parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as set forth.

What is claimed is 1. A head screen comprising a foraminous body portion havinga semi-circular recess at one side thereof to conform to the contour of the neck or adjacent portion of the body of the wearer, a marginal band secured to the periphery of said body portion, a flexible apron and a spring strip having hooked terminals arranged to clamp said apron to said body portion, said hooked terminals engaging the sides of said recess.

In a head screen, a foraminous body portion, a band secured to one edge to the periphery of said'body portion and having its outer edge bent outwardly and upwardly to form a bead, said outwardly and upwardly bent end being spaced from the body portion of said band, said body portion having a recess in one side thereof, a spring metal clamping band having hooked terminals, a flexible apron, said clamping band WILLIAM A. RANDLE.

Witnesses SAM M. HANDLE, W. M. RANDLE.

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